What an awesome trip down memory lane, as I had one of these beasts as a kid (56 now) , I had to re solder the Cartridge connector on my unit & clean the socket & cartridge edge connector regularly, as it would muck up often, besides the crappy rubber keypad, that was its major drawback, besides of coarse waiting an eternity for programs to load of the cassette recorder ! , those were the days...... anyway, I had lots of fun with it way back when :), cheers n thanks , Paul from Australia.
I love my SC-3000H (the version with a real keyboard). It's underpowered but such an interesting design. BTW, there's a multi-cart that has every game ever written available from Nick at SC-3000 Survivors and I can highly recommend it.
Ooh, yeah the H version looks pretty sweet. Certainly the one to have for typing lines of basic or BBSing, especially back in the day. Yep I've seen the megacart from Nick, and briefly mention it in the next video. Still on the fence about whether I'll go down that route...
My parents couldn't afford the H version with the decent keyboard & 32k of RAM if my memory serves ????, so I just had to settle for crappy rubber keys & 16K Ram, oh well, I had many many hours of enjoyment out of it anyway so........ :)
Thanks for the shoutout, and for giving this SC-3000 a good home! If I'd snagged it, it wouldn't see the light of day on video until at least 2025. I'm relieved that this SC-3000 has been just broken enough to give you plenty of content, but not broken to the point where you're beginning to mutter 'fkn Oz grumble grumble' under your breath. 😂
Thanks again for bringing my attention to it. I'm surprised it didn't also take me until 2025 to look at it. Yeah, these kind of repairs are the nice ones, but it could still throw a few curve balls my way...
I had one of those for a bit (French Yeno version). You can use an SMS1/MD1 power supply. Given the number of pins I saw on the video out, it probably can’t do RGB (the Yeno version has an 8-pin DIN), but maybe a composite cable with audio is doable.
I managed to get a 3000H in a box of gaming stuff off ebay about 10 years ago. Came with 5 carts: Starjacker, Yamoto, Borderline, Basic IIIB and N-Sub.. Seems to work fine although only Starjacker has a manual
Neat, Mark! I didn't know of this machine; thanks for showing it. After seeing your video, I've been reading about the differences between the VIC-II vs. this TMS 9929 (9918 family) and Motorola 6845 CRTC like in some PETs and IBM CGA. Interesting design choice about the dedicated 16KB RAM that seems to have caused this machine, a contemporary of the 64, to have had practically no usable RAM accessible to the CPU directly for general purpose (presumably to keep price low).
Thanks Dave, yeah I wasn't really familiar with the TMS9918/28/29 based systems previously, but there's quite a number of them out there based around this VDP. They all seem to be similar in spec, and all I can say is thank god for the VIC-II and to a lesser extent the CTIA/GTIA 😉
Hi! Nice to see some new stuff on the sc-3000, the probably less known device from Sega. So thanks for the video! I just got a french rgb "Yeno" model, and the fuse was blown. So I''m seeking for a little bit of help there, do you what fuse should be used? The one I got inside just says 2amps, but nothing about voltage. I tried to find this information, but not even the service manual knows it (tho it seems it's missing a third or quarter of pages.) I'm pretty good for the rest, the fuse is the only mystery, and I dont want to put a 220v fuse if it needs a lower voltage, even if the computer is good to go.
A 220v fuse will be fine, and that's likely what is already installed (actually it's probably a 250v). It's the current rating that is important. You'll probably want a couple of spare fuses on hand. A fuse generally doesn't blow for no reason so the replacement may blow straight away as well. If so then you need to start troubleshooting
diaeresis 1. a mark (¨) placed over a vowel to indicate that it is sounded in a separate syllable, as in naïve, Brontë. Probably for German or French support?
@@TheRetroChannel From what I can tell, the SC-3000H was sold in a few European countries as the Yeno SC-3000H. I don't remember which countries, but it wasn't that many. Maybe France and Finland?
Very cool you were able to fix it! Btw, you also got the UNI-T thermal imager.. Do you know the macro lens especially for the UNI-T? It is a great update for the cam, maybe you wanna check it out. Just google for UNI-T UTi260B macro lens... Best wishes from Germany, Michael...
What an awesome trip down memory lane, as I had one of these beasts as a kid (56 now) , I had to re solder the Cartridge connector on my unit & clean the socket & cartridge edge connector regularly, as it would muck up often, besides the crappy rubber keypad, that was its major drawback, besides of coarse waiting an eternity for programs to load of the cassette recorder ! , those were the days...... anyway, I had lots of fun with it way back when :), cheers n thanks , Paul from Australia.
Righto. It’s Sega. Means I’m coming around for the next vid!
Is it just me or is the audio out of sync?
Have always been interested in those machines. Thanks for spreading the knowledge! Really want to see the next vid.
The second and final part (for now) just got uploaded, it will go public next weekend
Squishy dead flesh keyboard is the most perfect way to describe these kinds of keyboards !
I love my SC-3000H (the version with a real keyboard). It's underpowered but such an interesting design. BTW, there's a multi-cart that has every game ever written available from Nick at SC-3000 Survivors and I can highly recommend it.
Ooh, yeah the H version looks pretty sweet. Certainly the one to have for typing lines of basic or BBSing, especially back in the day.
Yep I've seen the megacart from Nick, and briefly mention it in the next video. Still on the fence about whether I'll go down that route...
@@TheRetroChannel The H version is the one I'd like, as it's the one I remember using when I was a kid.
My parents couldn't afford the H version with the decent keyboard & 32k of RAM if my memory serves ????, so I just had to settle for crappy rubber keys & 16K Ram, oh well, I had many many hours of enjoyment out of it anyway so........ :)
Thanks for the shoutout, and for giving this SC-3000 a good home! If I'd snagged it, it wouldn't see the light of day on video until at least 2025. I'm relieved that this SC-3000 has been just broken enough to give you plenty of content, but not broken to the point where you're beginning to mutter 'fkn Oz grumble grumble' under your breath. 😂
Thanks again for bringing my attention to it. I'm surprised it didn't also take me until 2025 to look at it. Yeah, these kind of repairs are the nice ones, but it could still throw a few curve balls my way...
I had one of those for a bit (French Yeno version). You can use an SMS1/MD1 power supply. Given the number of pins I saw on the video out, it probably can’t do RGB (the Yeno version has an 8-pin DIN), but maybe a composite cable with audio is doable.
It looks a well built little beast! I was expecting it to look cheaper for some reason!
Yeah it's pretty solid, and as you'll see in part two it looks even better after a good clean
Loved watching this! Likely I'll never get to see one of these.
Nice easy fix too, I do like a cracked solder joint 😁
Looking forward to the next one!
Great video! Maybe because I have a soft spot for more exotic systems. No Commodore, you know... Looking forward to part 2.
Thanks for the trouble shooting TRC, I look forward to next video cheers.
Nice one cannot wait for part two, and I'd love to add one to my collection 😃 (not jealous much😂😂)
I managed to get a 3000H in a box of gaming stuff off ebay about 10 years ago. Came with 5 carts: Starjacker, Yamoto, Borderline, Basic IIIB and N-Sub.. Seems to work fine although only Starjacker has a manual
Neat, Mark! I didn't know of this machine; thanks for showing it. After seeing your video, I've been reading about the differences between the VIC-II vs. this TMS 9929 (9918 family) and Motorola 6845 CRTC like in some PETs and IBM CGA. Interesting design choice about the dedicated 16KB RAM that seems to have caused this machine, a contemporary of the 64, to have had practically no usable RAM accessible to the CPU directly for general purpose (presumably to keep price low).
Thanks Dave, yeah I wasn't really familiar with the TMS9918/28/29 based systems previously, but there's quite a number of them out there based around this VDP. They all seem to be similar in spec, and all I can say is thank god for the VIC-II and to a lesser extent the CTIA/GTIA 😉
This is a PC I'd love to get my hands on. I've never seen this one in person!
Hi! Nice to see some new stuff on the sc-3000, the probably less known device from Sega. So thanks for the video!
I just got a french rgb "Yeno" model, and the fuse was blown. So I''m seeking for a little bit of help there, do you what fuse should be used? The one I got inside just says 2amps, but nothing about voltage. I tried to find this information, but not even the service manual knows it (tho it seems it's missing a third or quarter of pages.)
I'm pretty good for the rest, the fuse is the only mystery, and I dont want to put a 220v fuse if it needs a lower voltage, even if the computer is good to go.
A 220v fuse will be fine, and that's likely what is already installed (actually it's probably a 250v). It's the current rating that is important.
You'll probably want a couple of spare fuses on hand. A fuse generally doesn't blow for no reason so the replacement may blow straight away as well. If so then you need to start troubleshooting
@@TheRetroChannel Right, thank you very much ! Huge thumbs up.
Great video on this rare retro computer! What’s the name of that heat camera that you were using?
Cheers. The thermal cam is a Uti-260b, there's links for it in the video description
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a mark (¨) placed over a vowel to indicate that it is sounded in a separate syllable, as in naïve, Brontë.
Probably for German or French support?
Ah, yep that would be it. I think they may have released these (or planned to) in a couple of European countries
@@TheRetroChannel From what I can tell, the SC-3000H was sold in a few European countries as the Yeno SC-3000H. I don't remember which countries, but it wasn't that many. Maybe France and Finland?
Very cool you were able to fix it! Btw, you also got the UNI-T thermal imager.. Do you know the macro lens especially for the UNI-T? It is a great update for the cam, maybe you wanna check it out. Just google for UNI-T UTi260B macro lens... Best wishes from Germany, Michael...
Thanks Michael, yes it a great camera. I can't leave the damn thing alone to be honest. And yes I do have the macro lens, very handy addition
Aw, good to know :-) *like* Best wishes, Michael :-)
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